Question follow-through · 16791
Dogs: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pregnant dogs illegally smuggled into the UK in the last three years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pregnant dogs illegally smuggled into the UK in the last three years.
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
By its very nature, robust data on the full extent of illegal pet smuggling is not readily available. Therefore, the number of pregnant dogs illegally smuggled into the UK is difficult to quantify accurately.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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